JLPT N1 · な-adjective

同等 (doutou)

同等 (どうとう, doutou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “equality; equal”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
どうとう
Romaji
doutou
Word class
な-adjective
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun

Example sentences

1メートルは1ヤードとは完全に同等ではない。
A meter is not quite equivalent to a yard.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 同等

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Present (plain)同等だどうとうだ doutouda
Present (polite)同等ですどうとうです doutoudesu
Negative同等じゃないどうとうじゃない doutoujanai
Past同等だったどうとうだった doutoudatta
Negative past同等じゃなかったどうとうじゃなかった doutoujanakatta
Te-form同等でどうとうで doutoude
Before a noun同等などうとうな doutouna
Adverb (~ni)同等にどうとうに doutouni

Kanji in 同等

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 同等.

Source: JMdict entry 1453190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.